Getting caste, income papers now easier in Karnataka

There’s a sigh of relief for state government aspirants and applicants availing government schemes.

| TNN | Dec 24, 2012, 09.25 PM IST

BANGALORE: There's a sigh of relief for state government aspirants and applicants availing government schemes. Obtaining caste and income certificates, mandatory for availing most government schemes or jobs, has been made easy.

"The department has relaxed the norms of obtaining these documents. While income certificate can be renewed once every five years instead of once every year, caste certificate will now be issued for a lifetime," deputy chief minister incharge of revenue and rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) departments K S Eshwarappa said.

Earlier, a job aspirant for the government was forced to make caste certificate with every job application. Now, a caste certificate issued for life can used for all the jobs at the time of application.

Eshwarappa said the Nemmadi Kendras (single-window citizen service centres) will be relaunched as 'Atalji Janasnehi Kendras'.

The new scheme will be officially launched on Tuesday on the occasion of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's birthday. "Janasnehi Kendras will be headed by the deputy tahsildar, empowered to issue the certificates for the 36 services, including caste, income, birth and death certificates, and Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTCs). The deadlines under Sakala scheme would apply to all these services," he said.

A total of 900 such centres have been established - 601 centres at the hobli level (nada kacheris); 176 at taluk level; and 123 additional centres at bigger urban centres.

The department has de-centralized the administration under the scheme. The proposed centres would inform the applicants about the status of their applications through SMS. Similarly, arrangements are being made to enable citizens to know the status of applications regarding the survey of land by contacting the call centre, he said.

The deputy chief minister said that the software had been updated, while the power problem had been addressed by installing solar powered UPS with battery backups. The infrastructure has been created at a cost of Rs 62 crore.

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